100 youth and adults went in to action serving the people of Springfield in the Clarksville District on Saturday, September 24. They painted houses, sealed ramps, built handrails, cleaned up the church, cleaned up a demolished garage, worked a food pantry, painted faces at a community fair and even taught yoga. They were truly the hands, feet and heart of Christ.

A youth worker from Salem UMC shared the following about their experience at Hands and Feet:

On my way home from Hands & Feet I asked myself the same questions that are presented to me now: What did H&F mean to the Salem guys? Where did I see God at work? Why did I choose to serve at H&F?

I will start with the easiest one, I chose to serve at H&F simply because I feel that God has given me the abilities to work and serve Him through such events. I have worked in the construction field with my dad since I was 12 and I have always enjoyed being able to provide a service to someone in the name of the Lord and so when this opportunity arose I quickly accepted. The two Salem guys that also volunteered had an incredible time. It was a great opportunity for some one-on-one fellowship with them. Although they were somewhat limited on what they could actually help with they were eager to do any task that I requested. They were extremely kind and attentive to anything that the elderly couple had to say.

Going back to the first question, one of the guys actually asked me why I chose to go with them and give up my Saturday. I was impressed by the maturity of the question and I used it as an opportunity to give a short testimony and kind of show him how men of God should act and obey to what they feel in their heart. We made some great memories throughout the experience that will last my lifetime, at least.

That leads me to the last question: Where did I see God at work? To me, this is hard to put into words. I could see God in literally everything that happened throughout H&F. Wilburn and Betty Wilkins were the couple that we were assigned and were asked to build some handrails for their front steps. They had a beautiful home and landscape and were the absolute nicest couple I’ve ever been able to work for. They probably came outside every 10 minutes to tell us how good of a job we were doing or to offer refreshments of some sort. We finished with about an hour to spare so were had some time just to talk to the Wilkins and share a bit about ourselves and our lives up to this point. They were very resilient as individuals and as a couple and that left a large impression on me and the other two Salem guys. Speaking for everyone that was there, I would say that we could see God at work the most in the Wilkins and their experiences. We were extremely blessed to have built a relationship with them.